1956 Emmy Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
| Best Series, Half Hour or Less | Phil Silvers Show (CBS) |
| Best Series, One Hour or More | Caesar's Hour (NBC) |
| Best Continuing Performance By an Actor in a Dramatic Series | Robert Young, Father Knows Best |
| Best Continuing Performance By an Actress in a Dramatic Series | Loretta Young, Loretta Young Show |
| Best Supporting Performance By an Actor | Carl Reiner, Caesar's Hour |
| Best Supporting Performance By an Actress | Pat Carroll, Caesar's Hour |
| Best Direction, Half Hour or Less | Sheldon Leonard, Danny Thomas Show: “Danny's Comeback” |
| Best Teleplay Writing, Half Hour or Less | James P. Cavanagh, Alfred Hitchcock Presents: “Fog Closing In” |
| Best Direction, One Hour or More | Ralph Nelson, Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| Best Teleplay Writing, One Hour or More | Rod Serling, Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| Best Male Personality, Continuing Performance | Perry Como |
| Best Female Personality, Continuing Performance | Dinah Shore |
| Best New Program Series | Playhouse 90 (CBS) |
| Best Single Program of the Year | Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight (CBS) |
| Best Single Performance By an Actor | Jack Palance, Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| Best Single Performance By an Actress | Claire Trevor, Producers' Showcase: Dodsworth |
| Best Continuing Performance By a Comedian in a Series | Sid Caesar, Caesar's Hour |
| Best Continuing Performance By a Comedienne in a Series | Nanette Fabray, Caesar's Hour |
| Best Comedy Writing, Variety or Situation Comedy | Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Tony Webster, Leonard Stern, Arnold Rosen and Coleman Jacoby, Phil Silvers Show |
| Best Public Service Series | See It Now (CBS) |
| Best News Commentator | Edward R. Murrow |
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